In a message dated 7/12/2007 1:36:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Why do we still keep the ~55k track size and increase only the number of cylinders? With modern DASD subsystems it shouldn't matter, right? What are the track size limits in z/OS? I guess it's 64k, but still this would be 16% more This was discussed in great detail ca. 2 years ago. Check the archives. The technology is here. IBM is in charge of all this architecture. They need a strong business case to do anything massive. Bill Fairchild Plainfield, IL
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